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Old Tue Jan 04, 2005, 03:12pm
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No long switch also makes it easier to keep an eye on the players.

There's just been a foul, somebody may be angry. The old lead is near the table, focused on them. The official who'll become the new trail is moving to the baseline. That leaves the new lead to watch the players who are all headed away from the other two officials.

If you eliminate the long switch, then you have two officials headed down the floor with the players.
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